Arlington West, the weekly war memorial installation on the beach just north of the Santa Monica Pier, marked its 11th anniversary on Feb. 15, with a commendation from the City of Santa Monica presented by Mayor Kevin McKeown. Every Sunday at dawn, volunteers install rows of hand-fashioned wooden crosses, stars of David, and crescents in the... Read more →

The Museum of Flying in Santa Monica, in conjunction with Kilo Foxtrot films, will kick-off of the Museum of Flying Film Festival Series with the Los Angeles premiere of the documentary, "Flying The Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project." The premiere is slated for Friday, Feb. 20, at the museum. This documentary chronicles the amazing... Read more →

Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier will brighten-up the Lunar New Year celebration with a “red” color and patterns extravaganza on the Ferris wheel on Feb. 19 from sunset, approximately 5:47 p.m., to midnight. The Pacific Wheel is the world's only solar-powered Ferris wheel featuring 160,000 energy-efficient LED lights that present... Read more →

Members of Santa Monica High School's Academic Decathlon team created thousands of flashcards, spent countless hours in after-school practices and honed their skills with challenging short-answer exams. Then they put their preparation on display. Up against some of the brightest young minds in Southern California, Samohi captured third... Read more →

An anti-nuke sculpture on Main Street may not need the intensive testing that was originally planned for it. “Chain Reaction” was on the chopping block last year after city officials determined that the sculpture -- a gift to the city from Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Paul Conrad in the early '90s -- may pose a threat to... Read more →

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles focused on a report released by City Hall's Planning and Community Development Department that updates City Council on the progress and impacts of the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) which was enacted in 2010. Commuters rejoice, traffic is better now than it was in 2007, at... Read more →

The World Surf League, formerly known as the Association of Surfing Professionals, has opened a new office space on Main Street. The newly renovated former warehouse space has business and creative office space for 50, a fully equipped professional sound stage for its on-site broadcasting of worldwide competitions, a café with beer on... Read more →

Santa Monica's Office of Sustainability & the Environment along with American Cinematheque and Sustainable Works present "PUMP!" The film, showing at the Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave. at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, is an inspiring, eye-opening documentary that tells the story of America's addiction to oil, from Standard Oil's illegal tactics... Read more →

Santa Monica College officials had the same question that students and other members of the campus community had about the school receiving initial approval for a bachelor’s degree in interaction design. Now what? The provisional selection of SMC to take part in the statewide pilot program set in motion a months-long process as... Read more →

Who do you love? The City of Santa Monica, in partnership with the Buy Local Santa Monica Committee, the Santa Monica Daily Press and local businesses, is pleased to announce the launch of the second annual Most Loved Santa Monica contest, which is currently in full swing. Residents, businesses and visitors are encouraged to vote for their... Read more →

The third in a series of webinars hosted by the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District on the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 6 p.m. The topics that will be discussed for this webinar are school site conditions for learning and student achievement. The district encourages parents,... Read more →

Editor's note: This is a semi-regular feature that announces the deaths of people who lived in or impacted Santa Monica. Oftentimes the names and information are gathered from the ends of City Council meetings, when council adjourns in the memory of those who've passed. Kieran McCann, an 18-year-old Santa Monican, was remembered as “the... Read more →